Species Kingdom

Species Class

Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Ostraciidae

Genus: Acanthostracion

Species: Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863)

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Eastern Atlantic: Azores, St. Helena and Ascension islands, Ghana, and Angola. Reported from Sao Tome Island (Ref. 34088).

Biology

Found over rocks, rubble and sand (Ref. 5288), mainly around islands (Ref. 11227).

Habitat

demersal